Concealed trousers-support



C. A. BUCHHOLZ.

CONCEALED TROUSERS SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED ocT'.22,1919.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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UNITED STATES CLARENCE A. BUCI-IHOLZ, OF BEREA, OHIO.

CONCEALED TROUSERS-SUPPORT.

Application filed October 22, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. BUCK-L HOLZ, residing at Berea in the county of Cuyahoga and State of (lhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concealed Trousers Supports, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a trouser support of the suspender type.

An object of the invention is to provide a trouser support that will be more healthful than the ordinary tight belt in the absence of a vest, and yet avoid the objection to the ordinary suspenders in that it is entirely concealed under the shirt of the wearer.

Another object is to provide such a device that will prevent the shirt working upward, as well as support the trousers. Other objects are the provision of a supporting means that is simple, strong, and adapted to be readily applied and removed.

My invention is hereinafter more fully described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The essential features are summarized 1n the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates in dotted lines the support embodying my in vention as it would appear under the shirt of the wearer; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the end of one of the supporting webs showing one of the cooperating attaching members secured thereto; Fig. 3 is a perspective of a second attaching member; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the inside waistband of the trousers showing the third attachment member secured thereto, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the point of attaching of the support to the shirt and waistband of the trousers, showing the parts in assembled position.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the webs of a trouser support. These consist of two narrow strips of fabric, elastic or otherwise as desired, which extend over the shoulders of the wearer and are preferably crossed in the back. Each of the ends of the webs or braces is secured to the shirt and trousers in a similar manner at properly spaced intervals around the waist by the means illustrated in the drawings generally at 12.

My improved attaching means isshown in detail in Figs. 2 to 4, and in assembled Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 332,401.

engagement in Fig. 5. As will be apparent it consists of three parts, a member 15 secured t0 the end of the web or brace 10, a member 20 secured to the trouser waistband 22 and a third member 25 adapted to connect the first two members. i

The member 1.5 comprises a flat plate, preferably metal suitably plated, having a stud l6 projecting outwardly therefrom with a head 18 spaced from the plate. The plate 15 may be perforated at the corners as at 17 or otherwise recessed to permit it to be sewed or otherwise secured to the end of the web 10.

The member 20 may consist of a thin strip or loop preferably metal, having openings 21 at each end whereby it may be secured to the waistband 22 of the trousers.

For connecting the members 15 and 20 I provide the member 25 which comprises a clip preferably consisting of an endless wire bent in the manner shown in Fig. 3 to form an eye 26, a restricted or neck portion 27 and an upwardly bent hook 28.

In use the webs 10 are placed over the shoulders in the position illustrated, under the shirt, the studs 16 on the plate 15 extending outwardly from the body. The wide portion of the clip 25 below the neck 27 then slipped. downwardly over the stud 16 which is covered by the fabric 13 of the shirt thereby pinching a tuft of the latter between the neck .27 and shank 16 of the stud. The head 18 covered by the shirt fabric is larger than. the eye 26 which will then embrace the shank 16, and thus prevents removal of the member 25 except by lifting off the stud 1.6 in the reverse manner from that in which it was applied. The lower hook portion 28 of the clip 25 is then slipped underneath the strip 20 on the trouser waistband and there hold by the elasticity of the cloth of the band. I have thus sew curely attached the webs 1.0, the shirt 1.3 andtrousers 22, by means entirely concealed, as will. be apparent from the showing in Figs. 1 and 5, in an inexpensive, strong and practical manner.

I claim:

1. In a garment. support a hair of suspenders and means for attaching the ends of the same to the garments of the wearer, comprising plates having headed studs projecting therefrom sewed to the ends of the webbing of the suspenders, strips sewed to the garment, and independent metal clips and trousers of the wearer, comprising a fiat strip or 100p permanently secured to the 'waistband of the trousers, a headed stud permanently secured .to the end of the suspender Web and a continuous hent wire metal clip having a hooked end adapted to detachebly engage said strip and an eye or loop at the other end adapted to grip the fabric of the shirt over the headed stud.

In testimony whereof I hereunto nflix my signature.

CLARENCE A. BUOHHOLZ. 

